CharlieHR vs. Employee Navigator

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CharlieHR
Score 9.9 out of 10
N/A
Charlie, or CharlieHR from the company in London, offers a cloud-based software product designed to enable small companies to automate many of the administrative headaches that they experience as they scale. Charlie also includes onboarding and offboarding features, and its higher tier plan includes HR Advice from a personal advisor from Charlie to handle dismissals, grievances, or redundancies, or other difficult HR challenges.
$6
per month
Employee Navigator
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Employee Navigator is a benefits-focused HR system from the company of the same name in Maryland.N/A
Pricing
CharlieHREmployee Navigator
Editions & Modules
CharlieHR
£4
per employee, per month
CharlieHR + HR Advice
From £179 (+ £4)
per month (per employee)
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CharlieHREmployee Navigator
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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CharlieHREmployee Navigator
Features
CharlieHREmployee Navigator
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
CharlieHR
7.3
1 Ratings
11% below category average
Employee Navigator
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
CharlieHR
6.0
1 Ratings
30% below category average
Employee Navigator
-
Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
CharlieHR
7.7
1 Ratings
6% below category average
Employee Navigator
-
Ratings
Approval workflow8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
CharlieHR
7.5
1 Ratings
9% below category average
Employee Navigator
-
Ratings
Update personal information9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
CharlieHR
7.5
1 Ratings
6% below category average
Employee Navigator
-
Ratings
New hire portal7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
CharlieHREmployee Navigator
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
CharlieHREmployee Navigator
Likelihood to Recommend
CharlieHR
As a part-time employee, it would be better if I was able to book leave on an hourly basis. Also, to be able to set up two leave types, paid and unpaid, and accrue lieu time.
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Employee Navigator
We are very pleased with the change to [Employee Navigator] as it offers more what we needed. It's very customizable and has many features that can be added or taken away depending on business needs. I'd only say it would be less appropriate for a business quite smaller than ours who needed very little in comparison.
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Pros
CharlieHR
  • Ensures personal requests are not lost in email
  • Makes managing leave days easier
  • Provides a standard UI for all
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Employee Navigator
  • Time off requests. These are easy to perform and track as an employee and user.
  • Time off approvals. Couldn't be easier. Time of approvals or denials are sent via email and are one-click tasks. Also can be performed in the web UI, but it's so easy.
  • Manager reporting. Managers can easily see reports on employee time off and make decisions based on that.
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Cons
CharlieHR
  • Better ability to manage leave for part time / pro rata employees
  • Links to other HR apps such as free agent
  • Management of unpaid leave allowance as well as paid.
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Employee Navigator
  • It is a great stand alone product. We would like it to tie into a more robust HR solution and communicate with payroll.
  • Initially there are a lot of features that are turned off, I like to know what a program is capable of so I can be more strategic in implementing a solution.
  • Having a broker in the middle is both good and bad.
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Support Rating
CharlieHR
No answers on this topic
Employee Navigator
So far, we have had very little reason to call in to Employee Navigator support. Our team who works with them have found it easy and simple to work with them when needed. They aren't able to work on much or divulge how the system works internally, nor what's on the roadmap, but it is still helpful to have timely confirmation.
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Alternatives Considered
CharlieHR
Both the above work in different ways and provide different services to CharlieHR, although if we could use a single app for all, that would be better.
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Employee Navigator
Most of the systems I've used for HRIS systems have been part of the payroll system. What stands out with Employee Navigator is the ability to key your benefit changes into one place, and all vendors are notified of the updates -- no more logging on to three or more sites to make an address change to an employee.
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Return on Investment
CharlieHR
  • Easier to track leave taken and left
  • Still need greater flexibility for leave types
  • Need to be able to book leave by the hour
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Employee Navigator
  • We spent about half the time on open enrollment than we did in the last two years. Employee Navigator was much easier for staff to navigate and be able to complete their open enrollment independently
  • We've saved several thousand dollars in setup fees to link with insurance carriers since moving to Employee Navigator
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